Hot-water heater



Sept. 13, 1927.

J. A. SUSONG HOT WATER HEATER Filed AHE- 24, 1926 n I a I Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

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Mypresent inventionhas to do with hot water-heating systems; and it contemplates the provision. of a combined open fire place and'water containing means whereby';the

.heat iven ofi y a g t fire may, be utilized 1 i e the emperature of wat i a Oil working position the grate onswhich fuel "is superposed for: maintenance of an open 'grate'fire, To theattainment'of the foregoing, the

invention consists ,inthe improvement as c .hereinafterdescribed and definitely Cl2L11116d.-

W In the accompanying drawings forming a Jpartof the specification:

I tion ofwhich Ijam cognizant.

Figure 1 isa frontjelevation' illustrating the ;bestpractical embodiment of,

my inven- Figure 2 is a vertical section talien in the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure .3,.looking towardthe left. v

,; Eig re 3is ahorizontal section taken in the plane indicated by'the line 3- 3 extend ingthroughFigures 1 and 2.

' Figure 4 isasecti0nal perspective showing a portion of onejof the hollowfwall members andjthe gang of c tubes carried thereb, I

Similar numerals of reference deslgnate corresponding'part-s in all the views of the drawing.

, Among other elements, my, improvement comprises hollow wall members 1. Each of the said hollow wall'members 1 is of right angular form in horizontal section and each comprises a back wall portion 2, and a side wallportion 3. The back wall 'portions 2 are arranged end to end and with the ends in close proximity to form the back of a fire place, and each of the portions 3 reaches forwardly from the outer end of its respective portion 1 so that the portions 3 will form the side walls of an open fire place. Each of the said portions 3 is provided upon its inner side with integral lugs 4 designed 3 to carry a grate (not shown), which grate positioned in the fire place'formed by the hollow wall members 1 v will be .utilized to support the fuel necessary for the maintenance of an open grate fire in the fire place formed, V

"bers 1. s

that the schemeof myjinv'ention has fonits chief feature thejutilization' ofthe he at given heat waterlin the ghollowiwall members 1.1,

' i It will be lgath 'ja'. the foregoing c t H e off by ithe fir'e on the grate alludedfto to' j and-in. order to lutili zejthe saidi"heatdto greater; advantage and particularly 1 the "heat vgiven 01f products'of combustionto an uptake-I provide theportions'i: of thehollow wall members il with gangs of inwardly reaching and closely arranged tubes-5, the said tubes 5 being cappedat their inner ends as; designatedby -lfi, while theirouter ends are, in full-f. and free. communication with the interiors, of; the f hollow wall; porf tions 3,; It willalso be'noted; from Figures 2 and 4 that thetbatter-iesor gangs of tubes 5 are arranged above and inthe sameverti- V cal plane as the grate tobe carried by the lugs 4-, and that ,consequently the tubes 5 as well as water therein will be heated-die rectly by the-bed; of fire. on the grate as well asby, heated products of combustion on their way to a chimney or uptake. i

; Connected; ,to the lower portions (of the V inner or confronting-ends of-the portions 2 of the" members 1, are the return pipes? of a hetwat he ti g y m, .ith ine un stood ;in, {this connection that the :said pipes 7 are; made ;'to return water in conventional manner from; a conventional or any-other appropriate hot water, radiator located at-a point remotefrom the fire J place ;'inwhich the members 1 are disposed. 'Pipes 8 are extended upwardly from the inner adjacent portions of the two members 1, the said pipes'8 being in full and free communication with the interior of the member portions 2 and being connected to pipes 9 and being also connected together, by preference, through the medium of an interposed pipe 10. The pipes 9 are designed to conduct heated water in conventional manner to a conventional or any other appropriate hot water radiator or radiator located at a ators or from the heated water therein, after which the water will return through the pipes 7 to the lower portions of the members 1 to be again heated.

Manifestly, in accordance with prevailing practice a valved pipe (not shown) may lead from a house supply pipe to any one of the pipes 7, 8 or 9, for the supply of water to the circulating system whenever the evaporation of water in said system makes the replenishing of the supply of water in the system necessary.

' It will be appreciated from the foregoing that by virtue of my invention, the heat given off by an open grate fire is used directly to heat an apartment in which the open grate fire is located, and is also utilized to heat a portion of the apartment or another apartment remote -from the location of the open grate fire; and it will also be appreciated that my improvement is simple and inexpensive in construction and is susceptible of ready installation.

I have explicitly described the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to i1npart an exact understanding, of the said enibodiment in all of its details.

I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the construction shown and specifically described, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of which structural changes may be made without departure from my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device for heating water for building heating purposes, comprising hollow wall members of right angular form in plan having back and side portions adapted to be arranged in a fire place with the end of their back portions in confronting-relation their back portions in conlrmiting relation and also having means at the inner sides of their side portions su iiporting a grate, and conduit means for connecting the said members together and with means for radiating heat from hot water; the side portions of the said hollow wall members being equipped with inwardly extending tubes in communication with the interiors ofsaid portions and closed at their inner ends.

3. A device for heating: water for building heatingpurposes, comprisiinr hollow wall members of right annular :torni in plan'havinn" back and side portions adapted to be arranged in a. tire place with the ends of their back portions in confronting relation. and conduit means :l'or connecting the said members with means tli'or radiating heat from hot water; the sideportions oi the hollow members being equipped at their inner sides with integral gratesupporting lugs, and being: also equipped above said lugs with gangs or batteries o:t closely arranged tubes, communicating "with the interior of the side portions of the hollow members and closed at their inner ends, and theclosed ends of the tubes of the two gangs or batteries being; spaced apart and arranged in confronting relation.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature;

JACOB ANDREW SUSONG. 

